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CVE-2025-7558VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-7558: code-projects Voting System · SQL Injection

Affects code-projects Voting SystemSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 33% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 14 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
code-projects Voting SystemAffected
  • =1.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediately restrict access to the /admin/positions_add.php interface to trusted administrators only, ideally via VPN or secure internal networks. 2. Implement strict input validation and parameterized queries or prepared statements in the codebase to eliminate SQL injection vectors, focusing on sanitizing the 'description' parameter. 3. Conduct a thorough code audit of all input handling in the Voting System to identify and remediate similar injection flaws. 4. Monitor logs for unusual database queries or failed injection attempts to detect exploitation attempts early. 5. If possible, isolate the voting system backend from direct internet exposure and enforce multi-factor authentication for all administrative accounts to reduce the risk of low-privilege account compromise. 6. Engage with the vendor or community maintaining the code-projects Voting System to obtain or develop patches addressing this vulnerability. 7. Consider deploying Web Application Firewalls (WAF) with custom rules to detect and block SQL injection patterns targeting the vulnerable endpoint until a patch is available.

Description

A vulnerability was found in code-projects Voting System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/positions_add.php. The manipulation of the argument description leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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